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Shelsley Beauchamp

Coordinates: 52°15′48″N 2°23′41″W / 52.263251°N 2.3948327°W / 52.263251; -2.3948327
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Shelsley Beauchamp
All Saints Church
Shelsley Beauchamp is located in Worcestershire
Shelsley Beauchamp
Shelsley Beauchamp
Location within Worcestershire
Area5.09 km2 (1.97 sq mi)
Population192 (2011 census)
• Density38/km2 (98/sq mi)
Civil parish
  • Shelsley Beauchamp
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
List of places
UK
England
Worcestershire
52°15′48″N 2°23′41″W / 52.263251°N 2.3948327°W / 52.263251; -2.3948327

Shelsley Beauchamp or Great Shelsley[1] is a village and civil parish 9 miles (14 km) north west of Worcester,[2] in the Malvern Hills district, in the county of Worcestershire, England. In 2011 the parish had a population of 192.[3] It is on the opposite bank of the River Teme to Shelsley Walsh.[4] The parish touches Clifton upon Teme, Great Witley, Martley, Shelsley Kings and Shelsley Walsh.[5] It shares a parish council with Shelsley Kings and Shelsley Walsh called the Shelsley Parish Council.[6]

It was in the lower division of Doddingtree Hundred.[7]

Features

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There are 23 listed buildings in Shelsley Beauchamp.[8] Shelsley Beauchamp has a church called All Saints[9] which is of 14th century origin.[10]

History

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The name "Beauchamp" comes from the Beauchamps who held Shelsley Beauchamp in the 12th century.[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Shelsley Beauchamp". GENUKI. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Distance from Shelsley Beauchamp [52.264493, 2.397042]". GENUKI. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Shelsley Beauchamp". City Population De. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  4. ^ Tim Bridges Churches of Worcestershire Logaston Press, Herefordshire 2000 rev ed. 2005 p204 ISBN 1 904396 39 9
  5. ^ "Shelsley Beauchamp". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Welcome to Shelsley Beauchamp Parish Council". Worcestershire County Council. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  7. ^ Morgan 2011, p. 20.
  8. ^ "Listed buildings in Shelsley Beauchamp, Malvern Hills, Worcestershire". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  9. ^ "All Saints". A Church Near You. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  10. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus and Brooks, Alan Worcestershire 2007 Yale University Press, London p592 ISBN 9780300112986
  11. ^ Eilert Ekwall (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names. Clarendon Press, 1960. p. 416. ISBN 0198691033. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  • Morgan, Vanessa (2011), Worcestershire Family History Guidebook, Stroud, Gloucestershire: The History Press
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